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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAUB, v.t.
1. To smear with soft adhesive matter; to plaster; to cover with mud, slime, or other soft substance.
She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed
it with slime and with pitch. Exodus 13.
2. To paint coarsely.
If a picture is daubed with many bright colors,
the vulgar admire it. Watts.
3. To cover with something gross or specious; to disguise with an artificial covering.
So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue.
Shak.
4. To lay or put on without taste; to deck awkwardly or ostentatiously, or to load with affected finery.
Let him be daubed with lace- Dryden.
5. To flatter grossly.
Conscience will not daub nor flatter. South.
DAUB, v.i. To practice gross flattery; to play the hypocrite.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: material used to daub walls
2: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
3: an unskillful painting v
1: coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: plaster, daub]
2: apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"
3: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" [syn: daub, smear]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French dauber Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter ; plaster 2. to coat with a dirty substance 3. a. to apply coloring material crudely to b. to apply (as paint) crudely intransitive verb 1. archaic to put on a false exterior 2. to apply colors crudely • dauber noun II. noun Date: 15th century 1. material used to daub walls 2. an act or instance of daubing 3. something daubed on ; smear 4. a crude picture

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 spread (paint, plaster, or some other thick substance) crudely or roughly on a surface. 2 coat or smear (a surface) with paint etc. 3 a (also absol.) paint crudely or unskilfully. b lay (colours) on crudely and clumsily. --n. 1 paint or other substance daubed on a surface. 2 plaster, clay, etc., for coating a surface, esp. mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form a wall. 3 a crude painting. Etymology: ME f. OF dauber f. L dealbare whitewash f. albus white

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Daub Daub (d[add]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daubed; p. pr. & vb. n. Daubing.] [OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster; de- + albare to whiten, fr. albus white, perh. also confused with W. dwb plaster, dwbio to plaster, Ir. & OGael. dob plaster. See Alb, and cf. Dealbate.] 1. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear. She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. --Ex. ii. 3. 2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner. If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. --I. Watts. A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. --Dryden. 3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. --Shak. 4. To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.] I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. --Smollett. 5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.] Let him be daubed with lace. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Daub Daub, v. i. To smear; to play the flatterer. His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. --South.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Daub Daub, n. 1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear. 2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed. Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. --Sterne.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(daubs, daubing, daubed) When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way. The make-up woman daubed mock blood on Jeremy... They sent death threats and daubed his home with slogans... VERB: V n prep/adv, V n with n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

dob: "To daub" always has the meaning "to cover," "to smear with" in the Scriptures. Ezekiel compares the flatteries of the false prophets to a slight wall covered with whitewash (literally, "spittle"). See Eze 13:10, 22:28. In Ex 2:3 "daubed it with slime and with pitch" (Hebrew wattachmerah, denominative of chemar, "bitumen" or "asphalt"), "to daub" has the same meaning as in the Ezekiel passage.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Smear, besmear, plaster, cover, bedaub, begrime, soil, sully, defile, deface. II. n. 1. Coarse painting. 2. Smear, smirch, smeary mass.

Moby Thesaurus

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